Chaka Fattah

I missed the opportunity, and I should acknowledge the strong contribution of Congressman Bob Brady in this effort, along with yourself and Congressman Fitzpatrick. I neglected in my early remarks to do so, so if I could lay that on the…

I met just a few days ago with Henry Markram with the European Human Brain Project, where the EU has put now a billion-and-a- half euros on the table to help with the mapping of the brain. One of the things that we talked about and what is…

I was aware of that, and he constantly reminded those of us from Philadelphia that it wasn't Penn or some of these other institutions in which he got fortified for his national service role.

I am convinced, in terms of someone mounting a pulpit, there are very few people who could claim the mantle that he claimed as pastor of Bright Hope Baptist Church. He was just an extraordinary figure. There are so many stories on a…

I am aware that he was raised by educators and that his father was the president of a great college in Florida. I think it is appropriate that you would come in from Florida to help us move this bill forward. But Bill Gray loved you, and…

I am convinced that as we look at these things, that we are going to find solutions the broader we look and the deeper we look.

I think about the gender bias. We see the same circumstances with schizophrenia. It is almost always a young male.

The World Health Organization indicates that there are well over 1 billion people worldwide suffering from one of some 600 brain-related diseases or disorders or challenges.

I am cosponsoring his legislation on autism, and this is some very important work.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 52, line 4, after the dollar amount insert (increase by 1) (decrease by 1) Mr. FATTAH (during the reading). Mr. Chair…

I thought the gentleman would yield for a second. My question was that a large swath of our bill has not been authorized, including NASA, so we have to deal with transport back and forth to the International Space Station. Even though it…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from North Carolina will be postponed. Amendment Offered by Mr. Hudson

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Iowa will be postponed. Amendment Offered by Mr. Meadows

I concur with the chairman. Maybe it will get approved, but not in our bill and not at this time because we don't completely understand it. I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from New Jersey will be postponed. Amendment Offered by Mr. Luetkemeyer

Reclaiming my time, what I said is what the gentleman offers to the House is an opportunity where no matter what the result, if whole classifications of people are left out, i.e., there is a disparate impact, that DOJ can't go after it…

I won't waste the Congress' time going through a great deal of debate. But as brief as I can, what the gentleman's amendment says is no matter what the result, if whole classifications of people are discriminated against based on a set of…

I want to know whether I can raise a point of order against this amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The amendment is already pending.

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Wisconsin will be postponed. Amendment Offered by Mr. Garrett

Without claiming my own time, I just want to support the thrust of this proposed amendment, which is that we should provide a shield law. The idea that, in 2005, a reporter was jailed for over 85 days is wrong, and we do want to have the…

I will take about 50 seconds. Mr. Chairman, I am opposed to this amendment. I think intruding on the National Science Foundation and the work that is based on merit and peer-reviewed science, we should not be using politics in the…

With brevity, I reject the entire predicate of the amendment, that we are not going to Mars or that Russia is leading space exploration or any of the other things. However, I understand the gentleman would not like to not waste the…

I respect Chairman Wolf's ability to accept the amendment. I just wanted to register my opposition to it. And I thank the gentleman for yielding.

If the chairman would yield, we have a member of the committee who wanted to say a few words on this and had some concerns. She is only going to take a minute.

I will not take more than 50 seconds. Simply put, the notion that we as a country are better off having less information defies most logic that I can think of at this hour of the night. I think more information is probably good, and I…